{"id":108403,"date":"2024-09-29T17:01:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T10:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108403"},"modified":"2024-09-29T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T10:01:46","slug":"from-gaza-to-lebanon-netanyahu-not-biden-is-setting-the-agenda-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108403","title":{"rendered":"From Gaza to Lebanon, Netanyahu \u2014 not Biden \u2014 is setting the agenda in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/hassan-nasrallah-hezbollah-leader-israel-says-killed-beirut-strike-rcna173053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing of Hezbollah\u2019s longtime leader<\/a>\u00a0has driven home how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set the agenda in the Middle East in recent months, with a frustrated\u00a0Biden\u00a0White House unable to shape events or defuse a\u00a0spreading\u00a0conflict in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Officials in the Biden administration felt blindsided by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-war-airstrikes-rocket-attacks-convoy-gaza-idf-rcna172386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Israeli air strikes<\/a> Friday in southern Beirut that killed Hassan Nasrallah, and other\u00a0senior Hezbollah\u00a0figures,\u00a0current\u00a0and former officials say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In the days before the Israeli attack, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had\u00a0intensively shuttled between delegations in New York during the U.N. General Assembly session, trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/us-allies-propose-21-day-cease-fire-israel-hezbollah-rcna172786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forge a 21-day cease-fire<\/a> between Israel and Hezbollah.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/live-blog\/lebanon-live-updates-rcna173122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Follow live updates here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Biden administration was so confident in the proposal&#8217;s success that a senior administration official briefing reporters after its public debut suggested both parties&#8217; agreement was a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">American and European officials believed they were moving closer to a\u00a0possible\u00a0deal, but then came the television images of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/a-look-at-israeli-pre-dawn-strikes-on-beirut-targeting-hezbollah-control-center-220360773576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive plume of smoke<\/a> rising over\u00a0southern\u00a0Beirut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">President Joe Biden, Pentagon senior leaders\u00a0and other senior officials across the administration were infuriated by the timing of the Israeli government operation,\u00a0U.S. officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/live-blog\/lebanon-live-updates-rcna173122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continued air strikes<\/a> in Lebanon,\u00a0which have killed\u00a0more than 1,000\u00a0people in two weeks according to Lebanese health officials, have reinforced the administration\u2019s fears that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/netanyahu-un-israel-antisemitism-gaza-lebanon-hezbollah-rcna172977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a> aggressive approach could trigger a chain reaction, resulting in a wider\u00a0regional\u00a0war\u00a0that could possibly draw in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The White House said in a statement Saturday that the strike that killed Nasrallah brought \u201ca measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But it also called for de-escalating the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon \u201cthrough diplomatic means\u201d and said it was time\u00a0for all sides to accept\u00a0the proposed ceasefire deals on the table for Gaza and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Faced with another failed U.S.-led bid to lower the temperature, Blinken once again urged Israel to choose diplomacy, warning the alternative would lead to &#8220;greater instability and insecurity, the ripples of which will be felt around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;The choices that all parties make in coming days will determine which path this region is on with profound consequences for its people now and possibly for years to come,&#8221;<strong> <\/strong>Blinken said Friday in remarks after the strike that was later confirmed to have killed Nasrallah. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/netanyahu-not-biden-setting-agenda-middle-east-rcna173149\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s killing of Hezbollah\u2019s longtime leader\u00a0has driven home how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set the agenda in the Middle East in recent months, with a frustrated\u00a0Biden\u00a0White House unable to &hellip; 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